Who is Reb Mendel?

Reb Mendel is My son - Rabbi Menachem Mendel Markel.

Reb Mendel was brought up in Hassidic Schools from a young age. As a teen he studied in Rabbinical College in the Ancient Kabbalistic city of Safed, where the Holy Arizal (Rb Luria) taught Kabbalah.

The Guitar Toting Reb Mendel served as a Rabbi in the former USSR, where he traveled from city to city giving Kabbalah lectures and concerts. Incidentally, he also played a big role in organizing the Federation of Jewish Communities in Ukraine and was the head Shochet (ritual slaughterer) for the Western Ukraine.

Reb Mendel now resides in Pittsburgh with his wife and two children, where he is a Kosher consultant as well as a Cantor for a local Synagogue.

Rabbi Yossi Markel